American Dream In The Great Gatsby And Raisin In The Sun

The use of in “American Dream” has been used many times to explain the goals of characters in literature. In the Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1925, symbols are used to explain the American Dream from many different perspectives to express the problems of the rich and snobby. While in Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry in 1959, shows the greed and struggles of the poor in Chicago. Both short pieces of literature give an insight into the American Dream within different people and how outside forces change the course of their dreams.
The Great Gatsby was set in the early 1920s which is right after the First World War. It caused America to go through an increase of money in circulation, “America in the 1920s was

In The Great Gatsby, Mr. Fitzgerald shows the horrors of the upper class and how most people only care about your money rather than you personally, “But it wasn’t any use. Nobody came”(page 133) is used to describe Gatsby’s funeral, which is ironic, since earlier at the party hundreds came to show off their wealth and to see Gatsby’s wealth. In Raisin in the Sun, Walter’s immense greed and desire for his liquor store overrun Mama telling him to put it into a banking account “‘[Mama]: And there ain’t going to be no investing in the liquor store…[Bobo] Man, Willy is gone” (pages 1566 & 1596) This jump allows the reader to infer that Walter spent a portion of insurance money on the liquor store, and the man he paid ran off with the money. It’s also ironic in the fact that this whole time no one is worried about the death of Big Walter and only cares about the $10,000, “[Walter]: THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER’S FLESH--”(page 1596) This is the first time someone has been in distress due to the death, however, Walter is still more focused on losing the money rather than losing his